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    X1300Pro v 7300LE

    Could build my own, but when you take into account vista, and a 22" screen (promotion) you cant actually build it for cheaper (E520)! I could upgrade it as soon as I get it, but cant afford to go straight to a 8800, was trying to work out if there was anything around the £50 mark that would...
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    X1300Pro v 7300LE

    Hey, Couldn't see any other posts asking this... looking to buy a pre-made system (I know I know...) unfortunatley only have the 2 options with the X1300Pro an extra £17.63 which given 256 dedicated (vs 128/128shared) looks worthy of the money... I'm already blowing aload on the system (for...
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    T6100 vs. X-540

    Hey, Decided my Creative 580s are worn out (2 speakers dead... others going)... so have been looking for some more budget speakers. Currently have a Audigy (1), and want the speakers mainly for music and films, and want them to look good. As the T6100 comes in around £35 and the X-540 at...
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    Is my 9800se dying?

    Sometimes when I start my computer the bios screen is filled with blocks, so is the windows screen. When inside of windows now I always get two bars of (best way to descrive it) artifact black bar codes when in pointer and one bar of the same but on the right if on the text pointer. The rest of...
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    Mandriva Flash

    Dear All, I was about to purchase one of lovely devices as a Christmas Present (to myself)... but feeling guilty I wondered if I could make one of these myself by downloading the free distro and installing it on a cheaper USB pen. Has anyone done this or know if its possible? Thanks...
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    Clever week magazine flash picture?

    Last and final bump :(
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    Time for an upgrade, spec chec please

    Would the D805 be faster (how much?), probably shouldnt go much higher than my current system... Use my computer for web developement, cinema, games (not hardcore, but like to enjoy a good multiplayer game ever so often), music, standard sort of stuff really, not sure if this is allowed (will...
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    Time for an upgrade, spec chec please

    Thanks for the advice... Last few questions (hopefully)... I've stuck with AMD for a while, is it worth going for the intelDuo's? or the AMD dual cores? (i.e. really worth the extra?) Thanks again for the advice, Dougie
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    Time for an upgrade, spec chec please

    Case comes with a PSU (350W) I believe, wasnt too sure on the graphics card as not sure which way to go (ATI or Nvidia), and also whether AM2 is the right way to go :confused: ??? Thanks, Dougie
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    Clever week magazine flash picture?

    Hi, Recently got hold of flash and I was wondering how easy/tutorials/templates there are for making something like the magazine week planner on websites like AskMen.com? Thanks, Dougie
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    Time for an upgrade, spec chec please

    Hi, Recently decided my old pc (2000xp, 9800se, 512) might be a little lacking nowadays (something not quite right about playing BFME2 in low graphics settings. With a limiting budget (student) I'm thinking an upgrade. Spent a couple of days trying to catch up and I was thinking this...
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    Easy to solve problem... I think

    Hey, Tried to install a version of windows (already had another one running)... broke halfway... went to restart and bootmgr cant be found from my orginal windows xp(i.e. no windows screen at all)... I've had a look on the internet but cant seem to find a nice simple cd image that will allow...
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    Tunneling/SSH?

    I've got the first one to run: ssh2 -C -g -L 22:username@2ndserver:22 username@1stserver This runs fine... now I'm in the prompt for the 1st server... how do I use scp (sorry to sound stupid)... this is what I was trying to run: scp 2ndserver:/folder1/folder2/file.ext...
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    Tunneling/SSH?

    Hi, I've been trying for hours reading lots of rubbish to try and do something v. simple... I've been using an SSH client to connect to a server, once connected I call SSH/SFTP again to connect to another computer on the network... what I want to do is try to download from the last computer...
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    AMD Semperon SSE3?

    Decided I could do with an update... and having looked on the AMD website it states that some semperons have both SSE2 and 3, which I could really do with... Looking for the cheapest option of getting this given my current setup of 2000xp athlon, nforce2 mobo, 2x256mb ram.... Which I'm...
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    Mac OSX competitors?

    Having spent quite a lot of time with a Mac enthusiast, I wanted to get one back at him by installing a cool looking, quite easy to use Linux distribution... but I cant seem to find anything that comes close to both the ease of use, coolness factor and stability of Mac OS's.... Is there anything...
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